Voltage Regulator
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The Gigabyte X58-USB3 comes with a six-phase voltage regulator circuit. Of the six available phases, four are used to generate th
e CPU main voltage (Vcc, a.k.a. Vcore), while the other two are used to generate the voltage required by the integrated memory controller, the QPI controller, and the L3 memory cache (VTT). Therefore, this motherboard has a “4+2” configuration.
Figure 8: Voltage regulator circuit
Figure 9: Voltage regulator circuit
All capacitors used on this motherboard are solid made in Japan and the voltage regulator circuit uses ferrite chokes, which are better than iron chokes. Please read our Everything You Need to Know About the Motherboard Voltage Regulator tutorial for more information.
The X58-USB3 also uses 2 oz (56 g) copper tracks, which is the double of the thickness usually used on regular motherboards. Benefits of this feature include lower temperature and lower electromagnetic interference (a full list of benefits can be seen here).
